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Children with disabilities

25. Recognizes that children with disabilities should have full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal basis with other children, and recalls the obligations to that end undertaken by the States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child;

26. Calls upon all States to:

(a) Take all necessary measures to ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by children with disabilities, in both the public and private spheres, including by incorporating a child-rights perspective that includes children with

disabilities into policies and programmes for children, taking into account the particular situation of children with disabilities who may be subject to multiple or aggravated forms of discrimination, including girls with disabilities and children with disabilities living in poverty;

(b) To ensure the dignity of children with disabilities, to promote their self-reliance and to facilitate their full and active participation and inclusion in the community, including by ensuring access to good-quality inclusive education and health, and to enact and enforce legislation protecting children with disabilities against all forms of discrimination, exploitation, violence and abuse;

(c) To consider ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol as a matter of priority;